In Colorado, Pot-Selling Pioneers Try to Turn a Profit - NYTimes.com

In Colorado, Pot-Selling Pioneers Try to Turn a Profit - NYTimes.com

How to Get Politicians to Admit in Public That the Drug War Has Been a Complete Failure | | AlterNet

How to Get Politicians to Admit in Public That the Drug War Has Been a Complete Failure | | AlterNet

Which illegal drug is best for the environment? - By Brendan Borrell - Slate Magazine

Which illegal drug is best for the environment? - By Brendan Borrell - Slate Magazine

Arctic Surf? Sea Temps at Record Highs

Surface temperatures of the world's oceans are at their highest levels since records have been kept says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This is particularly bad news for people living on the Atlantic coast as rising ocean temperatures fuel hurricanes and raise sea levels.

The NOAA report also states that the Arctic sea ice contines to melt at a record pace shrinking 5.6 percent below the 1979-2000 average extent.

Preliminary data extrapolated by the National Climatic Data Center reports that sea level temperatures for the month of June were 1.06°F above the 20th century average. To pour salt on the wound the NCDC also reports that land and sea temps combined for the second warmest June in history behind June 2005. At just over 61°F the global temperature rose 1.12°F over the 20th century average.

The G8 recently agreed that a rise in global temperatures of two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels would set off a catastrophic chain of events. While many environmental groups chastised the G8 for setting distant and ambiguous targets it should be noted that the record temperatures that the NOAA has reported on for June 2009 are a little more than one half a degree Celsius.

Inland, the temperature-related energy demand for June was up two percent. Depending on where you live in America you were either using your air-conditioner too much or in the case of North Dakota, which had a record cold June, using your furnace to warm up.

While warming ocean temps may seem like a good thing if you surf do we really want to be surfing the Arctic?

Estoy Pacheco Rolls 11 Marijuana News Hits You May have Missed This Week

News, views and reviews that may have slipped under your radar screen this week...and one easy on the eyes pic.


BMW Owners Show Hemp’s No Longer Just for Hippies
Sex-for-marijuana sting in Tigard goes to pot
14 Children’s Show Characters That Were Probably Potheads
Did Anti-Drug Propaganda Help Bring About a Psychedelic Renaissance?
The Marijuana Song
City of LA Has More Pot Clinics Than Starbucks Stores
Dipped Art
Did Shakespeare Puff on "Noted Weed"?
Marijuana is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink?
Sign the Petition: Legalize Marijuana in Australia
The Top 5 Reasons Why We Should Grow Hemp

Some places have centerfolds or a pet of the month, Estoy Pacheco has his Roach Clip of the Week. This week's Roach Clip is Amy Winehouse.

The human train wreck, better known for looking like a junkie in recent years instead of her golden pipes, had a court date recently. Amy seems to have learned a trick or two on her road to Hell, namely don't look like a junkie when you show up to court - a lesson that everyone who has experienced the legal system knows.

Did it work? She beat the assault rap.